Mazagon Dock worker shares 'confidential' info with Pakistan agent, arrested; Details inside-
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Mumbai, Mar 13: In a significant development, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 31-year-old structural fabricator from Mazgaon Dockyard for leaking sensitive information on restricted areas to Pakistani intelligence operatives (PIO) who honey-trapped him.
It is pertinent to mention that Maharashtra ATS has registered a case under the Official Secrets Act against the suspect Kalpesh Baikar and others on his contact list.
What did the accused do?
Notably, Kalpesh had been chatting with a woman on social media for several months, and their conversation progressed to the point where he started following her orders in exchange for money. ATS sources said Baikar and the Pakistani agent communicated via Facebook and WhatsApp between Nov 2021 and May 2023.
The state anti-terrorism squad (#ATS) on Saturday arrested a 31-year-old contract worker of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for allegedly sharing confidential information on restricted areas with a #Pakistan-based intelligence operative through social media. pic.twitter.com/5RLPvKrbyB
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Who is Kalpesh Baikar?
According to his Facebook profile, Kalpesh Baikar was employed as a Fabricator at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. Hailing from Alibaug in Raigad district, Baikar completed a Fitter course at an ITI college in Alibaug. He has been associated with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for the past decade, having joined the company in May 2014.
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been adopting the entrapment route to entrap military personnel for a while, and the forces have been regularly issuing guidelines against such tactics.
This is not the first such case. In December, the Maharashtra ATS arrested a 23-year-old Gaurav Patil, who worked at Mazgaon Dockyard in Mumbai, for allegedly sharing confidential information with an agent of a Pakistani-based Intelligence Operative (PIO).